cult

Meaning

Noun

1. A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
2. The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint.
3. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Adj

1. Of or relating to a cult.
2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
3. Alternative form of kvlt.

Synonyms

worship

adoration

cultus

sect

craze

religious cult

admiration

creed

cultism

fad

furor

furore

rage

😡

religion

fashion

folly

belief

aberration

ideology

idolisation

idolization

latria

mania

mode

order

divine worship

religious

denomination

vogue

devotion

doctrine

esteem

craziness

faith

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʌlt/

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).